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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

…ntractually guaranteed, unless they fall within the scope of the second paragraph of Article R. 351-21. These future discretionary participations are determined in accordance with the procedures laid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-43

The time limits provided for in articles R. 411-21, R. 411-26 and R. 411-29 are increased: 1° By one month, when the claim is brought: a) Either before a court whose registered office is in mainland F…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Genetically modified organisms

Article R412-20

…of Article 12, Articles 13 and 15, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 16, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 21, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 24 and Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European P…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-3

…icial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in Article 20 and 1° of Article 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-38

…nt grant is allocated for the exercise of the powers provided for in articles L. 2511-11 to L. 2511-21, L. 2511-24, L. 2511-26 and L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-31.The local development grant finances, in par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L4332-4

…public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in 1° to 3° of the I of Article L. 5211-21.This additional tax is established and collected according to the same procedures as the tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contentious appeals

Article R2122-27

…oyment or, in the event of an implicit rejection decision, by the appeal provided for in article R. 2122-21 and the acknowledgement of receipt or the acknowledgement of receipt. Where the dispute conc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance provided by the agency on its own behalf

Article R515-9

…regional cooperation agreements mentioned in articles L. 3441-2 to L. 3441-6, L. 3551-15 to L. 3551-21, L. 4433-4-1 to L. 4433-4-6 of the General Local Authorities Code, articles 28, 29 and 33 of Orga…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-1

…betting operator that holds neither an exclusive right nor the authorisation referred to in Article 21 of Law 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-4

…he content of which shall be determined in accordance with the conditions set out in Article R. 612-21. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has two months from receipt of the applicat…

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